List of Aircraft Carriers By Country - Japan

Japan

Retired:

• Hōshō (1921) – decommissioned 1946
• Kaiyo (1943) – decommissioned 1945 and scrapped 1946

Sunk:

• Kaga (1921) – sunk, Battle of Midway, June 1942
• Akagi (1925) – sunk, Battle of Midway, June 1942
• Ryūjō (1931) – sunk, Battle of the Eastern Solomons, August 1942
• Ryūhō (1933) – damaged at Kure by U.S. air raid March 1945 and scrapped postwar
• Sōryū class
  • Sōryū (1935) – sunk, Battle of Midway, June 1942
  • Hiryū (1937) – sunk, Battle of Midway, June 1942
• Zuihō class
  • Shōhō (1935) – sunk, Battle of the Coral Sea, May 1942
  • Zuihō (1936) – sunk, Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944
• Chitose class
  • Chitose (1936) – seaplane tender from 1934 to 1942, rebuilt as light carrier and sunk at Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944
  • Chiyoda (1937) – sunk at Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944
• Shokaku class
  • Shōkaku (1939) – sunk, Battle of Philippine Sea, June 1944
  • Zuikaku (1939) – sunk, Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944
• Hiyō class
  • Junyō (1939) – damaged during Battle of Philippine Sea, June 1944. Never repaired; scrapped postwar.
  • Hiyō (1939) – sunk, Battle of Philippine Sea, June 1944
• Taihō (1943) – sunk, Battle of Philippine Sea, June 1944
• Unryū class
  • Amagi (1943) – used as anti-aircraft platform and sunk in July 1945
  • Unryū (1943) – sunk by U.S. submarine Redfish, December 1944
  • Katsuragi (1944) – used as transport to repatriate Japanese troops postwar and then scrapped
• Shinano (1944) – sunk by U.S. submarine Archerfish, November 1944
• Mizuho (1939) – sunk by U.S. submarine USS Drum (SS-228), 1 May 1942.

Only Hōshō, Junyō, Katsuragi and Ryuho survived the war and these were scrapped by 1948.

Never completed:

• Unryū class
  • Aso 4th unit of Unryū class (not completed)
  • Ikoma 5th unit of Unryū class (not completed)
  • Kasagi 6th unit of Unryū class (not completed)

• Ibuki Heavy cruiser conversion; scrapped postwar